Oak Street Funding Promotes David Christman to CIO

INDIANAPOLIS, IN--(Marketwire - Sep 18, 2012) - Oak Street Funding (www.oakstreetfunding.com), the nation's leading commission-based lender for insurance agents, has announced the promotion of David Christman to Chief Information Officer.

Christman joined Oak Street Funding in 2004 as director of information systems. He is responsible for all aspects of the company's IT infrastructure, including networking, telephony, software development, and data analysis. He has managed the increasingly complex technology needs of the company during a period of rapid growth. Following a 36 percent increase in loans to insurance agents in 2011, Oak Street Funding is on pace for 300 percent growth in 2012.

"A strong and scalable technology infrastructure has been crucial to our rapid growth, and David has effectively built and managed that capability," said Oak Street Funding CEO Rick Dennen. "We couldn't have managed our growth without David's technology leadership."

Christman has more than 12 years of computer programming and data analysis experience, most of which focused on the insurance commission asset stream. Prior to joining Oak Street Funding, Christman developed several web-based and back-office systems, including a skills testing and assessment utility, several eCommerce sites for a national clothing retailer, and a web-based asset management system to monitor the performance of insurance commission assets and to evaluate new acquisitions. David earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from DePauw University.

Career opportunities at Oak Street Funding can be found at http://www.oakstreetfunding.com/AboutUs/Careers.aspx.

About Oak Street Funding
Carmel, Ind.-based Oak Street Funding (www.oakstreetfunding.com) is a family of diversified financial services companies that offers commission-based commercial financing exclusively for insurance professionals and third-party loan servicing for financial institutions. Oak Street Funding utilizes industry knowledge, proprietary technology and passion to deliver top-quality service and capital products to insurance and finance professionals nationwide. A 2012 Indiana Company to Watch, Oak Street Funding can be found on Twitter @OSFunding and on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/company/oak-street-funding.